Hekabe

heh-KAH-bee

Greek, literary name

Hekabe Origin and Meaning

The name Hekabe is a girl's name .

Hekabe (or Hecabe) is an alternate form of Hecuba, a character from Homer's Iliad. In the story, she is the wife of King Priam of Troy and the mother of Hector, Paris, Cassandra and others. One of the more obscure names from the Iliad, but one with potential, with its energetic ending reminiscent of Phoebe and the possibility for the cute nickname Bea.